2022 Press Releases

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• 5/9/2022 Attorney General Tong Calls for Federal Contract Workers to Receive Fair Wages

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of attorneys general supporting the federal government’s actions to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for certain federal contractors.

• 10/13/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Bristol Police Officers Killed in Line of Duty

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding two officers from the Bristol Police Department killed in the line of duty, as well as a third officer shot and injured responding to a domestic violence incident.

• 6/28/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Secretary of the State Denise Merrill

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the announcement that Secretary of the State Denise Merrill will step down effective at noon on Thursday, June 30.

• 8/2/2022 Attorney General Tong Seeks Postponement of Insurance Rate Hearing as Senate Debates "Game Changer" Tax Credit Extension

  Attorney General William Tong today urged the Connecticut Insurance Department to halt all consideration and planning for the August 15 public hearing on requested insurance rate adjustments for on-exchange policies offered by ConnectiCare and Anthem as the U.S. Senate debates extension of the Federal Advance Premium Tax Credit.

• 6/24/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health overturning Roe v. Wade.

• 3/22/2022 Attorney General Tong Joins Brief Filed in U.S. Supreme Court Supporting Effort to Terminate Harmful Immigration Policies and Protect Federal Parole Power

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s decision requiring the federal government to continue the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy.

• 3/14/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlements with Four Hearing Aid Companies

  (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong announced today four separate settlements with hearing aid companies Lively Hearing Corporation, Widex USA, Inc., Hark Wellness, Inc., and Wonder Ear, Inc. who marketed their products as “FDA-approved” despite no such approval.

• 6/23/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Decision Undermining Gun Safety Laws Nationwide

  Attorney General William Tong issued a statement today responding to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol v. Bruen.

• 4/28/2022 Attorney General Tong Sues Postal Service for Flawed Environmental Review Used to Justify Purchase of Massive Fossil Fuel-Powered Vehicle Fleet

  Attorney General William Tong today joined 16 other attorneys general, the City of New York, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District in suing the U.S. Postal Service and challenging its deeply flawed environmental analysis for its Next Generation Delivery Vehicle Acquisition program.

• 10/11/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces New Actions to Protect Abortion in Connecticut

  Joined by medical professionals, lawyers, advocates and legislators, Attorney General William Tong today announced Connecticut’s participation in a pro bono Legal Assistance Abortion Hotline, tapping into a volunteer network of trained private attorneys to provide free legal guidance and representation to patients and providers regarding their rights to access and provide abortion. Additionally, Attorney General Tong announced he will appoint a new Special Counsel for Reproductive Rights to lead the Office of the Attorney General in protecting abortion access and reproductive care in Connecticut and anywhere those rights are challenged nationwide.

• 12/6/2022 Attorney General Tong Seeks Scrutiny of Proposed Closure of Labor and Delivery Services at Sharon Hospital

  In comments submitted today to the Office of Health Strategy, Attorney General William Tong urged regulators to thoroughly review the community impact of a proposed closure of labor and delivery services at Sharon Hospital.

• 5/16/2022 Attorney General Tong Leads Bipartisan, Nationwide Coalition Defending Affordable Drug Prices

  Attorney General William Tong today led a bipartisan, nationwide coalition of attorneys general in two amicus briefs defending affordable drug prices before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third Circuit and District of Columbia.

• 11/28/2022 Attorney General Tong Calls on Eversource and United Illuminating to Contribute Greater Share of Profits to Ratepayer Relief During Extraordinary Spike in Winter Energy Costs

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today calling on Eversource and United Illuminating to contribute a greater share of their profits to ratepayer relief to lessen the crushing burden of the extraordinary spike in winter energy costs.

• 11/14/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces Historic Google Settlement Over Location Tracking Practices

  Attorney General William Tong today announced that Connecticut, along with 39 other attorneys general, has reached a $391.5 million multistate settlement with Google over its location tracking practices relating to Google Account settings. This is the largest multistate privacy settlement in U.S. history. Connecticut will receive more than $6.5 million from the settlement.

• 5/16/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces Multistate Effort to Protect Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorder Care

  Attorney General William Tong joined attorneys general from Rhode Island and Illinois today filing an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seeking to protect mental health and substance abuse disorder care in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Illinois.